A Healthy Start

Our home has been plagued with a vengeance by some sort of summer flu season, sad but true. Drew kicked it off with a lingering fever that started and ended with just that...a few days of fussiness and fever. I chalked it up to a summer cold and maybe some molars poking through. Until it moved to the next member. Jay came down with the same fever, but he was lucky enough to have a few added symptoms. After three days, endless coughing we shipped him to the doctor's office. He left with a diagnosis of bronchitis/upper respiratory infection, a prescription, and free day of uninterrupted sleep. I was the lucky one, with one evening of chills and a cough that only bothered me for about a day. And now it has found its way to Jackson, the random fever off and on for a few days and today a sore throat to match. And so, we'll take him to the pediatrician an cross our fingers that this is the end.

As I Lysol the house, again, I am hoping for a healthy start to the unhealthy season that is approaching. I will admit that I'll begin the vitamin and hand washing reminders that everyone loves to hear!

I will also admit that I am looking forward to the change in seasons, I feel myself smiling at the chill in the evening and the talk of Halloween costumes and football games. It is my favorite time of year, the beautiful colors, pumpkin patches and apple dumplings. The excitement of school talk at the dinner table and the faint sound of Jay's OSU marching band CD on Saturday mornings. (Seriously, the boys will be marching around the house singing the fight song and doing what they do best. ) I'm anxious to see Drew fall in line behind the two biggest nuts in the house, I'm sure he'll be clapping right along!

I hope this finds you all healthy and strong and enjoying the last few weeks of summer!